Responding to a Party Wall Notice

In this article, we are going to be looking at Party Wall Notices and the response options available to adjoining owners. When it comes to responding to a Party Wall Notice this can be done in one of three ways. In an effort to ensure these are better understood,...

Verbal Party Wall Notice

Party Wall Notices are required when a building owner is planning on undertaking construction works to their property. Importantly, those construction works must fall within the realm and remit of the Party Wall Etc Act 1996.  If indeed, an adjoining owner opts...

Party Wall Making Use

Making use and enclosure costs are formally dealt with under Section 11(11) of the Party Wall etc Act 1996. Where use is subsequently made by the adjoining owner of work carried out solely at the expense of the building owner the adjoining owner shall pay a due...

Agreed Party Wall Surveyor Appointments

When a building owner is planning on undertaking construction work that falls within the jurisdiction of the Party Wall etc Act 1996. They are legally required to serve a Party Wall Notice upon their neighbour, the adjoining owner. The notice will set out the nature...

Advising Neighbours of Party Wall Works

We are going to be looking into the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (the Act) and the importance of advising your neighbours of construction works that fall within the remit of the Act. If you are a building owner who is undertaking construction works, they may be notifiable...

10(4) Party Wall Surveyors

What is a 10(4) Surveyor? A 10(4) Surveyor is the Party Wall etc Act’s formal term for a Party Wall Surveyors who is appointed when an adjoining owner does not respond to the Party Wall Notice served upon them. When does it apply? In the event that an adjoining...